Fair enough. It never bothered me, though I noticed that after I scroll and rotate the map to have a peek at areas, I usually scroll it back again to keep it facing North - some habits never go ;)

I liked V's 3D camera but I preferred III. Something just doesn't feel right about the pace of V.

The point about the 3D camera is a big one for me.

I've recently been playing Titan Quest, which was apparently made so that you would never need to rotate the camera unless you wanted to. The default camera is all I've used, and have had no issues with not being able to see enemies or items.

Too many games that switched to a 3D view in sequels require too much camera work, or change the view entirely (modern RPGs are particularly at fault in my eyes for ditching top-down types of viewpoints for chase cameras).

Anyway, that's enough thread derailment, carry on!

Some posts from "Best RPG Universe" should be transfered here. :3:

HOMM 2 is the best because of the greater unit differentiation. Each race had advantages and disadvantage. Most of that went away in HOMM 3 because there were simply too many units. Also the 2 hero types per race was a let down.

None of the other games compare.

I'm torn between II and III. IV and V lost the original feel with new graphics, so no matter how good they might be, they just aren't HoMaM anymore for me.

I'm going for II. not simply because its the one i still have the originals for but because i loaded it up for my 8 year old son and he got it straight away and loved it!... and after watching him play for an hour or so as soon as he was picked up i jumped straight on! lol

An oldie but a goodie.

I'm on it right now too, going through Price of Loyalty addon. I have to agree, HoMM II is a golden classic and can stay it's own on par with HoMM III, especially with the addon.

For me it would've have to be HOMM II with expansion. Not only because it's the first installment in the franchise I've spent more than 5 minutes playing (Yeah, sadly I never really gotten into HOMM I) but also thanks to the huge map making community and an awesome Gyros Too map that me and my mate played throughout one entire summer in our early youth. One map, enough said. ^__^